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DONALD LEONARD GREIGER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1947 – December 2, 1969
Service recordDonald Leonard Greiger, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 17
- JOLLY J DAYStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT HOWZEPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.